2026 Spring/Fall
Wenqian Dong
Oregon State University
Research: High-Performance Computing; System for AI/ML; Parallelism & Distributed Systems for LLM Inference; Multi-Agent Framework Optimization
Openings: 2-3 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS
Send: CV, Transcript
25 Fall, 26 Spring
Huijuan Xu
Penn State University
Research: computer vision, vision and language
26 Fall, 27 Spring/Fall
Yuchen Yang
Penn State University
Research: Trustworthy AI, Certified Robustness, LLM, VLM, Privacy, Human Factors in Cybersecurity
Openings: multiple PhDs/interns
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest
25 Fall
Hanshen Xiao
Purdue University
Research: Information security&privacy, trustworthy machine learning and learning theory
Openings: 2-3 PhDs with RA/TA and interns
No homepage listed
26 Fall
Jinghan Sun
Purdue University
Research: ML for Systems, Memory/Storage Systems for LLM
Openings: Multiple PhDs/Interns
25 Spring/Fall
Ruqi Zhang
Purdue University
Research: Statistical ML, Bayesian deep learning, LLM alignment, Uncertainty quantification, Sampling/MCMC
Openings: Multiple PhDs/interns
No homepage listed
25 Spring / Fall
Xupeng Miao
Purdue University
Research: MLSys
Openings: Multiple PhDs
No homepage listed
25 Fall
Yuxiang Peng
Purdue University
Research: Programming language and system design for quantum computers.
Openings: Multiple PhDs
26 Spring(ignore the deadline)/Fall
Shaowu Pan
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research: AI4PDE, Agents for Science, Scientific Machine Learning, Computational Physics, Data-Driven Dynamical Systems
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Fall
Wei Qiu
Rice University
Research: AI for Biomedicine, including aging and age-related diseases, foundation models, and explainable/trustworthy AI (XAI)
Openings: 1 postdoc, 2 PhD
Send: CV, transcript, Research Interest, paper if applicable,
25 Fall/26 Spring
Chongzhou Fang
Rochester Institute of Technology
Research: System security, hardware security, IoT & embedded systems
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, GRE optional
Send: CV, transcript, Research Interest, paper if applicable,
2025 Fall
Haibo Yang
Rochester Institute of Technology
Research: Reviewer #2
Openings: 1 PhD, interns
26 Spring
Pengfei Li
Rochester Institute of Technology
Research: Trustworthy online algorithms, reliable generative AI, decision-focused learning
Openings: 1-2 PhD with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, GRE (required but no minimum score)
Send: CV, transcript, Research Interest, paper if applicable,
25 Fal / 26 Spring
Yinxi Liu
Rochester Institute of Technology
Research: Program Analysis, Symbolic Reasoning, Software/Web security, Algorithmic Complexity
Openings: 1-2 PhDs
Send: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedx-kvTAtPbLTkzQW-RKheqijoerbNZ7j0C5cukNKJUq-khg/viewform
2025 Spring/Fall
Guimu Guo
Rowan University
Research: Data Mining (Graph), Parallel Computing, GPGPU
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Spring/Fall
Sihan Yu
Rowan University
Research: IoT, Network Security, Mobile Computing, Wireless Communication, AI
Openings: 1-2 PhDs
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Spring / Fall
Xiajun Jiang
Rowan University
Research: Adaptive AI, physics-informed deep learning, AI in health care
Openings: 1 PhD with TA
Requirements: TOEFL or IETLS, GRE optional
Send: CV, Transcript
25 Fall
Chengzhi Mao
Rutgers University
Research: Computer Vision, Large Language Model, Interpretable Machine Learning, Robotics
Openings: Multiple PhDs
No homepage listed
25 Fall, 26 Spring
Hao Wang
Rutgers University
Research: Large Language Model (LLM), Bayesian Deep Learning, LLM Reasoning, Interpretable Machine Learning (ML), ML for Healthcare
Openings: PhDs/Interns
Fall 2026
Lesia Semenova
Rutgers University
Research: Trustworhy AI: Intepretable ML, Model Multiplicity/Uncertainty, Reasoning in LLM, AI Evaluation
Openings: 1-2 PhDs (RA/TA), interns
Send: CV, Transcript
26 Fall
Yifan Hu
Rutgers University
Research: Optimization, RL, Causality
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA/TA, interns
Send: CV, transcript, weekly hour commitments
25 Spring / Fall
Tianyi Li
Saint Louis University
Research: AI in transprtation/traffic systems, automated vehicles
Openings: 1-2 PhDs with RA
No homepage listed
25 Fall
Xin Zhang
San Diego State University
Research: Spatial-temporal data science, AI, Reinforcement Learning, Generative models
Openings: 2 PhDs with RA
Requirements: TOEFL, no GRE
No homepage listed
26 Fall
Yifan Zhang
San Diego State University
Research: System Security & Privacy; AI Security & Privacy
Openings: 2 PhDs with RA
2026 Spring / Fall
Linyi Li
Simon Fraser University
Research: Trustworthy ML and ML Security, LLM Theory
Openings: 2 PHDs with RAs
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE requirement
Send: https://forms.gle/Zwkh6JNTz7J4xnKn6
No homepage listed
2026 Spring / Fall
Wuyang Chen
Simon Fraser University
Research: AI-for-Math, 3D/4D Reconstruction and Generation
Openings: 2 PhD (RAs)
Requirements: TOEFL
25 Fall (RA, postdoc), 26 Fall (Phd, MS)
Ye Ye
Southern University of Science and Technology (Shenzhen, China)
Research: AI for population health, AI for medicine, multimodal, LLM, medical informatics
Openings: 1 PhD, 1 Master, 1 Postdoc, 1-2 RA
Send: CV, Transcript, Research Interest, Sample codes (GitHub)
2025 Spring, Summer, Fall
Pan Lu
Stanford University
Research: LLM reasoning, LLM agents, AI for mathematics, AI for scientific reasoning and discovery
Openings: Multiple interns
Send: CV, Transcript
2026 Fall
Denghui Zhang
Stevens Institute of Technology
Research: DM/AI/NLP, LLM and social science
Openings: 1-2 PhDs, multiple interns
Requirements: TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo, GRE required
25 Spring / Fall
Hao Wang
Stevens Institute of Technology
Research: LLM Systems (Inference, MoE, RAG), Serverless Computing, Federated Learning
Openings: 2-3 PhDs (Fellowship+RA/TA)
Requirements: TOEFL or IELTS, no GRE
Send: CV, Transcript